Seriously......I suspect that your HARD DRIVE may be ready to croak. If you are having trouble writing to the drive (installing from CDs) then the hard drive may be flakey...
Borrow a bigger SCSI hard drive, or a 1 or 2 gig external drive, put a System on it and try again. M M On Saturday, January 25, 2003, at 04:01 PM, Mauricio wrote: > I have a Powermac 9500 MP configured as follows: > > 288MB RAM > Dual 180MHz 604e > 2GB HD, with 1.3GB free > MacOS 9.1 > QT 4.1.2 > CarbonLib 1.6 > Video card I cannot remember brand and model right now > SCSI card that is currently not connected to any device. > Connected to the net via cable modem/router (running DHCP) > > Every time I start up, as soon as it reaches the step where it shows > the desktop and the drives mounted to it, it will freeze for a few > minutes. After that, any folder that was left open the last time the > machine was on will show up and the machine will be ready to be used. > > Also, today I was going to install Photoshop 6 on it and it gave me a > error -199. I tried then installing a game I had laying around - > colonization if you are curious - and it gave the same error. > > Now, I have a PowerMac 7500, which would be replaced by the above > machine (G3 and USB cards, memory, and HD moved though ;) configured > as follows: > > 512MB RAM > G3/450MHz card > 18GB HD, with 12GB free > MacOS 9.1 > QT 6.0.2 > CarbonLib 1.6 > Connected to the net via cable modem/router (running DHCP) > > Which does not have any of the above problems. In fact I have > installed and ran both programs without a problem. What should I > look into? > > -- > PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished > Drives | > -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! > | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > PCI-PowerMacs list info: > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci- > powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
